FOMO

One of the hard parts about living in Israel for a year is that Matis and I both suffer from FOMO (bubby and zaidy: that means fear of missing out). We like to be where the action is, Nehama on the other hand prefers to nap (I think this post is gonna get me in lots of trouble, oh well.). The other week the whole family was in Florida for midwinter vacation, as much as I wanted to be there too, the fact that it was 70 and sunny here helped make up for it. This week there are a few big things we're missing out on. My sister's 25th birthday was last week, my father's 60th birthday was yesterday and my cousin's wedding is in a few days and we're missing out on all the fun. Really it's the other way around, everyone there is missing out on the fun we're having here, but still it would be nice to have been a part of these events and there will be more that we miss as well iyH.

A month before we moved, we made a party for Matis's first birthday. For the party I made a simple slideshow video. You can see it here, if you're so inclined (who talks like that?). I expected everyone to be annoyed by it, it is rather long, but it was our party so I figured they'd indulge us. Some of our friends may have been rolling their eyes a bit, but on the whole it went over well, especially with family who watched it multiple times. It helps that they're obsessed with Matis.

When you do anything in our family, it automatically becomes your responsibility until the end of time, so when the family wanted to make a video for my father's 60th birthday, who do you think they called? Hint: it wasn't the ghostbusters. It wasn't as easy as the one I made for Matis, because we only have digital pictures of a small portion of the last 60 years. So, I had to rely on everyone to take pictures of old pictures and send them to me. Of course, most of the good ones didn't come in until last night after I thought I was already finished. Fortunately, I was able to get most of them in without ruining the timing sequences. I'm going to do an experiment and see how long it takes from when I post this link, until I get in trouble and have to take it down.   Even though we couldn't be there, it was nice to have some part in the celebration.

It's supposed to be -11 in Oak Park today and an unusually chilly 47 here in Jerusalem. I'm hoping that with the right amount of terrible weather, everyone will come here for vacation. I can dream, it's not so mean right?